You’
e sittingt
stoplight, minding youo
n business, thinkingbout you
dy,
hen—BM!—
celess dive
slms the f
ont end of theic
into the
e end of yous. You feel you
hed je
k bck, then sn
p fod. You feelsh
p p
in in youneck. You
dy goes f
om nom
l to disst
ous fste
thn you c
n sy “t
ilgting.”
Sound f
mili? You’e not
lone.e
end collisions h
ppen evey
hee, eve
y dy. They’
emong the most common types of t
ffic
ccidents in the county…
nd event slo
speeds, they cn c
use seious inju
ies. e end tto st n help you – physic nd fin lly. d on to le n ho n p leg ights ted e end s s discove hy they h nd t inju n c h fte y
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bout you ight to seek compens you ies. In ou ience, ny people hesit l ccident inju ybe they h pictu minds of intiff fo ying to squeeze bucks out of nt (o n insu nce comp y not to feel th ith, no ethic t gge te y o ke lse cl n insu , self to othe . If you got lucky use m d ge to you inflict e y, th n you l ny less impo nt o cl tion is lid. You don’t dese ny of the p nd difficulty someone else’s negligent d used, point bl ccident l ye n mine li e end collisions, the d of the t iling c be s most of the bl ssuming th ive ies insu nce o n compens you y, then th h ppen. ienced c lu inju h s e nd t it e -ended, t t’s il tto s ho ce you ight to p you s s fo physic nd emotion ing.Ho
e
End Collisions H
ppen<b> e
dy fo
quick physics lesson? To unde
stnd
hye
end collisions c
use so much pin
nd discomfot,
e must fist unde
stnd the <
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-c-collision-2698920">physics ofc
c
sh
>. It helps to visulize
ht ex
ctly hppens to t
o cshen the f
ont of oneuns into the b
ck of the othe.
Let’s st
t
ith the bsics. Im
gine thee
e t
o cs: the leding c
nd the tiling c. The tiling c is tveling fste
thn the le
ding c. The leding c
m
y even bet
estt
stop sign oed light, op
ked in
pking spce.
Upon imp
ct, the tiling c tnsfes some of its fo
ce to the leding c
,
nd they both push fods one ne
“linked” unit. Hof
they go depends on ho
fst the t
o cse
e tvelingt the moment of imp
ct. Sometimes the tnsfeof fo
ce incollision is st
ong enough to pushc
into
nothec
, into
diffeent l
ne, ointo oncoming t
ffic! This me
nsseemingly sm
llccident c
n tun into
huge pile up. Genelly, the speedt
hich the to linked vehicles t
vel
ill be sloe
thn the speed the t
iling c
s t
veling
hen they collided,nd it
ill be fste
thn the p
e-ccident speed of the le
ding c.<h
ef="https:/youtu.be/YCLui6e0
70"> Hee’s
video expln
tion<>, completeith equ
tions. In otheods, in
e
end collision, the le
ding vehicle expeiences
nb
upt, unexpectedccele
tion,
hile the tiling vehicle expeiences
deceletion. Injuies c
n hppen to occup
nts of both vehicles, but theisk of inju
y is f highefo
those in the led vehicle. Th
t’s becuse
hilell c
s h
ve stnd
d s
fety fetu
es potecting
ginst
sudden deceletion if you hve to sl
m on the bkes fohteve
e
son, sfety fe
tues fo
suddenccele
tion
e f
less common
nd f less effective.Most Common
e
End Collision Inju
ies<b>
No
tht you kno
hothey h
ppen, you shouldlso kno
bout the nume
ous dnge
s of e end collision. Evenmino
e
end collision c
n inflictidesp
ed d
mge to you
body. Beloe some of the most common inju
ies you my suffe
fom
ftegetting
e-ended:hipl
sh<b> hipl
sh is
common cccident inju
y, especilly in the c
se ofe
end c
shes. You’ve p
obbly he
d the te
m befoe, but do you kno
h
t it mens o
hoit occu
s?e’
e hee to expl
in. Imgine you
e
pssenge
in the led c
f
om oup
evious hypotheticl scen
io. You
c is stopped. Suddenlynd
ithoutning,
nothec
plo
s into yous f
om behind. Youc
shoots fo
d,
hich mens you
body shoots fods
ell. But notll p
ts of you
body jolt fodt the s
me time. If you’ve nevestopped to conside
h
t hppens to you
bodyt th
t moment of suddenccele
tion f
om e end collision,est e
sy: the scientistsho
ote<
hef=”http://citesee
x.ist.psu.eduvie
docdo
nlod?doi=10.1.1.914.8217&
mp;ep=
ep1∓type=pdf”> this
esech ppe
<> hve. They discove
ed the suddenccele
tion of the initi
l impct shifts you
toso fo
d befo
e<i> you
hed
nd neck. This momentily ce
tesn “S” sh
ped cuv
tue in you
spine; the discs in youmiddle b
ck get compessed
hile those up tod you
neck hve not yet flexed.
s youto
so shifts hoizont
lly belothe cente
of mss of you
hed
nd neck,so-c
lled “sheing” foce t
nsmits up you
spine, one disct
time, until youce
vicl spine t
kes“C” sh
peith you
hed th
on b
ckd. The
e’sh
ndy video of the spinl “
hipping”ction <
hef=”https://phys.o
gne
s2016-08-
hiplsh-c
–
ccidents.html">hee
> to betteillust
te the
esech ppe
’s findings.ll of this h
ppens in the blink ofn eye,
nd it’sn inc
edibly unntu
l motion fo
pe
son’s spine. Usully, you
hed moves
hile youto
so stys
eltively still. He
e, the opposite hppens—you
toso gets pushed out
hed of you
hed. The
e isfo
ceful defom
tion of the spine fom
n “S” to“C” sh
pes this occu
s,nd e
ch individul disc
bsobs
nd tnsmits foce up
dlong the spin
l column. This is folloed by
n invese motion
s the hed
nd toso
ebound.ll togethe
, these movements contibute to the inju
y knon
shipl
sh. The “hip,” so to spe
k, is the spinl column,
hich defoms
nd tnsmits the csh’s enegy into
sudden violent movement of the peson’s he
d. Soh
t hppens
hen the spinects like
hip
ith youhe
ds its tip? OUCH! is
ht h
ppens. Inc
ccident, soft tissue like the musclesnd lig
ments in the neck stetch f
beyond thei
nom
l nge of motion. Likeny type of st
in, these
e p
inful injuies, but they c
nlso c
use secondy symptoms like hed
chesnd skeletomuscul
discomfo
t.s
nyoneho copes
ith chonic p
in cn tell you, th
t sot of long-l
sting discomfot c
n mke you
life miseble.Spin
l Inju
ies<b> ll the fo
ces th
t hm the soft tissue in youhe
dnd neck c
nlso c
use stuctu
l d
mge to you
vulneble spinl column. Victims of
e end collisions often find themselves deling
ithuptu
ed discs, injued ve
tebe,nd, in se
ious cses, d
mge to the spin
l cod.
Spin
l injuies
e se
ious business.b
ck injuy—like
n injuy to
disc o veteb
—c
n tke months to
ehbilit
tend m
yequi
e suge
y. People often hve to
e bck b
ces to get
ound
nd cn’t spend
ny significnt
mount of time on theifeet. This m
kes it difficult too
knd h
s ledme
icns to tu
n to poe
ful, hbit-fo
ming pinkille
s to dull the pin. Even if
bck inju
y eventully he
ls,dest
uctiveddiction to opioids m
y tke its pl
ce.spin
l cod inju
y cn m
ke life unbeble. The spin
l cod is
complex bundle of neves
unning though the spin
l column tht t
nsmits mess
ges fom the b
in to the body.
hen the spinl co
d sustins d
mge, those sign
ls expeience inte
feence – o
get cut-offltogethe
. This fequently
esults in tempoy o
pem
nent plysis o
loss of feeling to the pts of the body belothe site of the inju
y. Livingith
spinl co
d injuy b
ings secondy helth complic
tionsnd c
n cost millions of dolls ovethe cou
se of the victim’s lifetime.Bin Tum
ith
ll of th
t “hipping”
ound, he
e’snothe
pt ofpe
son’s body tht c
n sustin seve
e dm
ge in e end collision: the bin. Justs the he
dnd neck move some
ht independently of the to
so, the bin moves someh
t independently of the skull.hen
peson’s he
d sustins
n impct o
sudden jolt (like the inst
nt, foceful sn
pping of the hed in
“hipl
sh” scenio), the bin itself cn sust
in tissue dm
ge fom moving unn
tullyithin the c
nium.
Mino
buising o
selling m
yesult in
concussion,hich c
n cuse tempo
y cognitive, moto,
nd emotionl dysfunction, but usu
lly hels in time. Mo
e sevee d
mge m
y cuse
tumtic b
in inju
y,hich c
n leve
n injued individu
l pem
nently impi
ed. One of the mny d
nges of b
in t
um
is tht it’s not
lys immeditely
ppent. Tht he
dche o
“bin fog” you my feel
fte cccident might be
sign ofse
ious bin injuy. Seve
ehipl
sh cn occu
in even lo-speed
e end collisions,nd so c
n tumtic b
in inju
y. This ishy you should neve
it <i>to seek medic
lttention
ftee
end collision,
nd you shouldlso
ttendll of you
follo-up
ppointments<i> to m
ke sue th
t nesymptoms in need of fu
themedic
lttention h
ve not developed.Bu
ns, L
cetions, Complex Fctues, &
mp; OtheSeve
e Injuies
Bu
ns, lce
tions,
nd fctues
epesent the th
ee most common types of injuies suffe
ed by occupnts of the le
d c in e end collision scenio. Buts
e’ve lened, those en’t the only injuies th
t cn
esult fom
e
end c
sh,
nd the occupnts of the le
d c en’t the only peopleho m
y suffe.
In
ny collision, thee is
lys theisk of
ton of ct
stophic inju
ies to occupnts of both c
s.
n impct c
n sttfi
e oc
usen explosion,
hich my
esult in sevee, life-th
etening bu
nsnd sc
ing. Inll but the most mino
ccidents, gl
ss shtte
snd met
l tists, c
eting sh
p edges th
t cn inflict deep cuts. These l
cetions cn c
use mssive blood loss o
leve
peson
ith long-lsting muscle
nd neve d
mge.
ccidentsith sudden
cceletionsnd decele
tions c
n cuse you
c’s fme -lso kno
ns the ch
ssis - to bendnd c
umple,hich c
n pin, pinch, ocomp
ess limbs. This cn
esult in fctues
nd shtte
ed bones in the msnd legs of p
ssenges of both c
s. The list goes on
nd on,ith
ost scen
ios involving f
tlities.
Second
y
ccident Injuies
Often,
e end collisions e the stt ofch
ine
ction of tgedy. The disuption in the flo
of tffic cn c
usepile up of t
ucksnd c
s to h
ppen fst,
nd they cn slide into side
lks, othe
lnes, o
intesections, o
get pushed into ditches ooff emb
nkments. Om
ybe it’s the othey
ound. Think of you
typicl pile-up
ccident on the intest
te: it usully st
ts
ith some kind of incident ounexpected
od condition th
t bings t
ffic to
hlt. D
ives, not expecting to encounte
sudden t
ffic j
m,<h
ef="https:/youtu.be/pmUue_k
VDY">un into e
ch othegin
ndg
innd
gin
>.h
tevethe scen
io is, the inju
iesnd f
tlities
esulting fom so-c
lled “secondy”ccidents c
n be justs se
iouss the inju
ies sustined in the initi
le
end collision.
T ke
ys
Let’s sum up
ht
e’ve lenedbout
e end collisionsnd thei
fte
mth:
e end collisions, event lo
speeds, cn c
use seious inju
ies. <b>Due to the po
eful
nd unntu
l fo
ces exeted on thei
bodieshen thei
cccele
tes
ithoutning, the p
ssenges of the le
ding c fce p
ticul
isks ofhipl
sh, bck inju
ies, spinl co
d dm
ge,nd b
in inju
y.<li>
ny injuy sust
ined inc
ccident needs <b>immedi
te medicl
ttention.<i> The seve
ity of youinju
ies my go undetected fo
hous o
dys if you do not get checked out. Soft tissue inju
ies likehipl
sh my seem mino
, but they cn pe
mnently imp
iyou
mobilitynd le
ve youith lifelong
chesnd p
ins. To ise youch
nces offull
ecovey, m
ke sue you
ttendll follo
-upppointments
nd complete theecommended physic
l thepy.<li>
- Cont
ctingn expe
iencede
end collision
ccident lyec
n help youecove
- physiclly
nd <i>fin
ncilly. You dese
ve complete compenstion fo
the full cost of youinju
ies, no mtte
hoseve
e youinju
ies e oho
complicted the ci
cumstnces of you
ccident
ee.
e’e he
e to help. <h
ef="https:/c
inju
yvictims.comcont
ct-us“>
ech out no
foyou
fee consult
tion<>!<li>